OBITUARY: Mary P. Strite,

Mary P. Strite, 91, a resident of the Mennonite Home in Maugansville, Md., and formerly of Waynesboro, Pa., died at 6:25 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in the Meritus Medical Center of Hagerstown.

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Waynesboro Record Herald - Waynesboro, PA

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Posted Dec. 31, 2012 at 8:58 AM
Updated Dec 31, 2012 at 8:59 AM

Posted Dec. 31, 2012 at 8:58 AM
Updated Dec 31, 2012 at 8:59 AM

Mary P. Strite, 91, a resident of the Mennonite Home in Maugansville, Md., and formerly of Waynesboro, Pa., died at 6:25 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012, in the Meritus Medical Center of Hagerstown.

Born Aug. 23, 1921, in Sykesville, Md., she was the daughter of the late Irvin L. and Fannie A. (Martin) Strite.

She was a member of the Millers Mennonite Church near Leitersburg, Md.

Surviving family are one brother Landis Strite, Hagerstown; a twin sister, Martha I. Strite, a resident of the Mennonite Home, Maugansville; several nieces and nephews; and a number of great-nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by a sister Catherine Williams; brothers Aden Strite, Elmer Strite and infant brother Ira Strite.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013, at 2 p.m. at the Millers Mennonite Church near Leitersburg with the Millers Mennonite Church Ministry officiating. Burial will be in the adjoining church cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church on Tuesday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. and one hour before the service on Wednesday.

The family requests that flowers be omitted.

Arrangements were handled by the Harold M. Zimmerman And Son Funeral Home of Greencastle.